So, anyway, occasional reader Brian is here in Sandy Eggo for a systems engineering conference – those guys go wild!
In support of which agenda, he has kindly offered to meet your host at Shakespeare’s Pub in Mission Hills at 1700 tomorrow Thursday afternoon (oops!), in case any of the locals are wondering whether they too might join the festivities and buy us a Guinness, precious. For strength.
Because yes. Yes you can.
Note: Actual rendezvous time updated to reflect actual, you know: Truth. Meh.
Would be there if I could. Hoist one for me and I’ll be there in spirit.
Systems Engineers Gone Wild, the new GGW?
Ooh…that gives me enough time to round up a plane ticket…not really. Have a great time!
Now you see, Lex, I really would have no hesitation with buying you two or three … or even five or six, for that matter. If I could just be there. Any chance of you raising a toast (now for the sake of international relations, please be nice) to that crazy Canuck?
Michelle: personally I think it’s high time Lex raised a toast to the Lex Babes. Yes, we know who we are…
Idaho-Joe –
“Systems Engineers Gone Wild, the new GGW?”
As a Systems Engineer who is missing the conference this year, all I can say is “Yeaach — barf! spew!”.
More brain-bleach please.
P.S. Here’s the gouge:
http://www.ndia.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Meetings_and_Events/Schedule_of_Events/Events/9870/On-site%20Version%20(eve).pdf
Caution — NSFW or home, or anywhere else!
deMontjoie: Bad link. What ya get is:
The Web site you are trying to access has an IP address that is configured not to accept requests that specify a port number.
And I really, rilly wanted to see that… being as how I used to be “in the biz,” in a manner of speaking.
As to the rest… I wish I could join all y’all. No Guinness here, but I’m sure there’d be a good IPA or other such ale on tap, too. As it’s said: I’ll be there, if only in spirit.
No Sand for my Eggos until first week in DEC.
Quoted below, the 1st sentence announcing the meeting.
“The primary objective of the 11th Annual Systems Engineering Conference is to provide insight, information and lessons learned into how we can improve the overall performance of defense programs via a better, more focused application of systems engineering that will lead to more capable, interoperable and supportable weapon systems for the warfighter, with reduced total ownership costs, to help our military meet its current and new Mission Area and Capabilities requirements. ”
barf
Curtis –
I think they stole their mission statement from CDR Salamander’s header-line.
They only missed BINGO by “synergistic” and “diverse”.
This Engineer and Surveyor will stick to Boundaries, Roads and Utilities, Thank You. That would probably throw off my sleep schedule.
Hey Lex – I know you’re hankerin’ for a pint o’ the bitter, but didn’t we say Thursday the 23rd?
And, yeah, it’s gettin’ pretty wild over here – lot’s of DoDAF , GIG’s and SEMPs…pass me the aspirin.
See you Thursday.
Brian
One shudders to think of the contents of a conversation between two systems engineers…
FbL,
Really cool engineers say stuff like, really cool weapons that work at no sh*t affordable prices as agreed in the contract. Shall we see you at the rendezvous? I will be sitting with the bearded one.
…that work at no sh*t affordable prices as agreed in the contract.
Eek! I’m having a flashback to the Customer Relationship Management proposal I read and discussed with my work team this morning. It was version #8 or 9 our “boss” has worked on, but it has only just now become close enough to what we actually need that it’s necessary to bring into the process mid-range people like me to begin to vet/refine it.
Being that I am only moderately literate on subjects like databases, programming, and business practices in general, it made my head hurt.
As to meeting, I’ll likely leave you boys to your scintillating conversation.
@Curtis,
When I was suffering from a staff infection at my last command, I wound up in a NAVAIR meeting where the following was said:
“We are looking to establish a set of metrics by which we can dynamically examine the rate of expansion of the diameter of the warfighter’s infosphere.”
I turned to the LCDR that was with me (I was the assistant Training O, he was the Tactics and NATOPS O) at the time and said, somewhat perplexed, “dynamically examine?”
He replied, equally confused, “infosphere?”
To this day I have no idea what the heck an “infosphere” is. In the interest of full disclosure, this was the same meeting where I attempted to kick awake (under the table) another LCDR from the same command. NATOPS O notices this, taps me (covertly like) on the shoulder and says “quit it, he ain’t missing anything.”
I may be able to make it down there for the festivities.
Absolute death by viewgraph (I confess I wrote a few dozen myself). I at least owe Lex a pint-o, so I will endeavor to drop by. Holding the customer’s hand, so might be a wee bit tardy.
Speaking of really cool weapons that work………..!!!!! One of the guys in my office had an anti-mine torpedo sitting on his desk this afternoon! One of the things I thought would be really cool back in 1988 is “ALIVE!”. Sorry, couldn’t resist.
Move along, nothing to see here.
An Anti-mine Torpedo? Cool…
Now all the enemy has to do is start making mines that look, on sensors like, oh I don’t know, ships or submarines?
Just trying to be funny, I think a small torpedo that goes looking for mines is a neat idea.